@misc{Palomar_Teresa_Study_2008,
 author={Palomar, Teresa and García-Heras, Manuel and Agua, Fernando and Villegas, Maria Angeles},
 volume={46},
 address={Warszawa},
 journal={Archaeologia Polona},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2008},
 publisher={Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences},
 language={eng},
 abstract={Production patterns of pottery in El Bierzo region of NW Spain have been studied through an archaeometric perspective, with the aim to approach pottery changes in local communities as a consequence of their contact with Romans. Such contact deeply transformed settlement patterns and social relationships in this region. A representative set of domestic pottery, building materials and modern raw clay samples from three chronological and functionally distinct settlement sites were selected to be characterised by the following analytical techniques: X-ray fluorescence (XRF), thin-section petrography, X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal analyses (TG-DTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Multivariatestatistical techniques were also employed to evaluate chemical compositional data obtained by XRF. Compositional results classified the samples into four different groups, characterised by a homogeneous mineralogy compatible with the regional geology, which indicate a local provenance for the majority of the pottery analysed. Resulting data also suggest that pre-Roman potters exploited a wide range of clay resources which were, in some cases, later used in Roman times. They have overall enabled a first diachronic approach to pottery production patterns in a region with very limited access to the principal trade routes of the Roman Empire},
 type={Text},
 title={Study of pottery production patterns through archaeometric methods: the case of El Bierzo (Spain)},
 keywords={pottery, Las Médulas, Iron Age, Roman Spain, archaeometry, technology, production patterns},
}